Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/C-paʔ

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s/m-p(ʷ)a (STEDT)

Verb

*C-paʔ

  1. to patch, mend

Descendants

  • Chinese:  / (OC *[Cə]-pˤaʔ, to mend, repair) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Tangut: 𗽛 (*pjạ¹)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: ɕpʰɤt
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *ʔ-ba¹
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: pa (to be mended), kapa (to mend)